Method of securing identification tags to seals



Oct. 26, 1948. v BROOKS 2,452,098

METHOD OF SECURING IDENTIFICATION TAGS TO SEALS Filed May 15, 1945 6713101" firm/4s L ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 26, 1948 a METHOD OFSECURINGlliliJNTIFICATldN I TAGS T SEALS Elinor Brooks, Califon, N. J.

Application May 15, 1945, Serial No. 593,864

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a method of securing an identification tag tosealing means and to the assemblage produced thereby.

In sealing coin bags such as are used by banks and other institutions,it has been customary to pass and tighten loops of a double-end strandaround the mouth of the bag, said strand having previously been threadedand rethreaded through a sealing member, and then to press or deform thesealing member to grip the elements of the strand. When it has beendesired to associate an identification tag with the bag and seal, it hasbeen the custom to thread an element of the strand through a hole in thetag. The disadvantage of this is that, when the strand is severed torelease the seal and to permit the bag to be opened, the tag remainsuninjured and can be used again. As the tag usually contains a record ofthe contents of the bag as well as other indicia, a substitution can bemade and fraud can be perpetrated.

It is the object of this invention to overcome this difiiculty, in sucha way that, if the identification tag is removed from the assemblage,said tag becomes mutilated and cannot be used again.

In the accompanying drawing, the invention is shown in a concrete andpreferred form in which:

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view, substantially on the plane of linel-I of Fig. 2, showing the sealing means;

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional View, substantially on the plane of line 2-2of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a preferred form of identification tag;

Fig. 4 is a view looking in the direction of line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view, showing the loops of the sealing meanspreliminarily tightened around the flexible material of the mouth of thea Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 with the sleeve turned back and oneend thereof exposed;

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Figs. 5 and 6 showing the tag inserted inthe sleeve;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Figs. 5, 6 and 7 but showing loops of thestrand finally tightened around the bag and the seal deformed; and

Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing the strand severed, the tagruptured and the sealing means removed from the bag.

The sealing means here employed are fully disclosed in U. S. Patent No.2,342,244 of February 22, 1944. Such sealing means consist of a sealingand gripping member ID composed of a fiat sleeve of deformable sheetmaterial, and of a double-end strand II which is threaded and rethreadedthrough said sleeve to form loops l2 that are passed and tightenedaround the material of mouth l3 of coin bag M. In thus tightening loop[2 around the material of the bag, one end l5 of sleeve I0 is broughtadjacent to and grips said material. I6 indicates an identification tagof paper, cardboard or other rupturable material, consisting here of amain portion l1, containing suitable indicia which may vary widelyaccording to circumstances, and a tail portion l8.

The process of securing the tag to the sealing means is as follows:

Loops [2 are passed around the material of mouth I3 of the bag, and arepreliminarily tightened so as to bring end l5 of sleeve l0 adjacent thematerial of said bag (see Fig. 5). Sleeve i0 is now bent downwardly tothereby temporarily expose that end I5 which is adjacent the material ofthe bag (see Fig. 6). While holding sleeve Ill in this position, theoperator now inserts tail portion H! of tag it, through exposed end l5,into sleeve 10 (Fig. '7). After this, sleeve I0 is restored to theoriginal position indicated in Fig. 5, and if strand I I has previouslybeen placed under sufiicient tension, this may be accomplished merely byreleasing sleeve II] from the hand of the operator, thereby allowingsleeve NJ to snap back. A final tightening operation can now be impartedto loops l2, thus holding the tag in place. Sleeve I0 is now deformed,thereby gripping both strand II and one end of tag I6, that is tailportion l8, the other end I! of said tag extending out between saidsleeve IO and material l3 of said has (see Fig. 8). When it is nowdesired to open the bag, loops [2 are severed and the tag remainsgripped in sleeve ID. If it is now attempted to remove said tag fromsleeve ID, the tag becomes ruptured as tail portion l8 will remainsecurely gripped by sleeve [0 (see Fig. 9), and said tag cannot bereused.

I claim:

The method of securing a rupturable identification tag to bag sealingmeans, which bag sealing means consist of a sealing and gripping member,composed of a flat sleeve of deformable sheet material, and of adouble-end flexible strand threaded and rethreaded through said sleeveto form loops to be passed and tightened around the material of themouth of a bag, comprising: passing loops of said strand around thematerial of the mouth of the bag and preliminarily tightening said loopsto thereby bring one end of said sleeve adjacent to the material of saidbag, bending said sleeve downwardly to thereby temporarily expose thatend thereof which is adjacent the UNITED STATES PATENTS material of thebag, introducing a portion of said tag through the end thus exposed intosaid sleeve, Number me Date restoring said sleeve to its originalposition and 835,695 Jewett Apr. 21, 1908 tightening said loops aroundthe material of the 5 ,076 Muller Mar. 24, 1914 bag, and then deformingsaid sleeve to thereby 1,216,269 Bates Feb. 20,1917 grip the strand andthat portion of the tag that 1,590,635 Michalski July 8, 1924 extends tt 1 2,112,477 Brownfield Mar. 29, 1938 "BRQOKS; T2342244 ."BIiOOkS Feb.22, 1944 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in theif file of this patent: v 2

